MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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